Wednesday 31 October 2007

Over-50s get networking website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7070667.stm

I keep wondering why do you need separate networking website for over-50s? I have been using the same browser, same computer as they might be using. Probably, it is more simple to use, but so is Facebook or Myspace or Orkut? This is just another marketing gimmick by the site or company that has launched the site to attract revenues in ads!

Am I the only one thinking in this way?

Tuesday 23 October 2007

What is secular politics?

We all have been fooled into the term secular politics, but what is it exactly?
Today on rediff one blogger had some serious allegations to be made, they are as follows:

Sikhs getting slaughered in thousands = A MISTAKE.
Hindus getting killed in Kashmir = Political problem.
Muslims getting killed by a few hundred = Holocaust.
Poor protestors getting shot in WB under Left Govt = Misunderstanding.
Banning Parzania in Gujarat = Communal.
Banning Da Vinci Code and Jo Bole So Nihaal = Secular.
Kargil Attack = Government failure.
Chinese invasion in 1962 = Unfortunate betrayal.
Reservations in every school and college on caste lines = Secular. Reservations in Minority institutions = Communal.
Fake encounters in Gujarat [Sohrabuddin] = BJP Communalism.
Fake encounters under Cong-NCP in Maharashtra [Khwaja Younus] = Police atrocity.
Talking about Hindus and Hinduism appeasment = Communal. Talking about Muslims and Islam = Secular.
BJP freeing 3 terrorists to save 100 Indian hostages = Shameful
Congress freeing 4 militants to save just a life of one daughter of it%u2019s minister in Kashmir [Rubina Sayed] = Natural Political dilemma.
Attack on Parliament = BJP ineptitude. Not hanging Afzal Guru the mastermind despite Supreme Court orders = Humanity and Political dilemma.
BJP questioning Islam = Communal. Congress questioning Lord Rama%u2019s existance = Clerical Error.


Now if we consider, all the aspects, there have been so many issue relating to minority community worship places being hinderence to development. In my city, Vadodara, the city center needs wide road, but there are "dargah" on the road, which cannot be moved, because it is communal. Why is then destroying Setusamudram not communal?
I will be writing a complete article on this issue, during next few days. so keep on watching!

Sunday 7 October 2007

Planning to go home in December

Hurray!
I have been waiting for this moment since last two years! I have booked my tickets and am looking forward to the trip! I will be touching down in Ahmedabad on 22nd of December in morning at 11, and hopefully be in Vadodara by the very same day in evening!
I am quite excited, and am planning to go to either Mumbai or Pune to meet all my friends from MIT, but still the plans are not chalked out, so keep watching for the dates!
See you all soon!